Banana Orange and Lemon Thyme Scones

These superb fruit scones are ideal for breakfast or morning tea.

Ingredients make 14

500 g self raising flour

75 g caster sugar

10 g salt

75 g butter

200 g banana puree

125 g milk

1 orange zest and pulp (75g)

2 tsp finely chopped lemon thyme

Method

Preheat oven to 200ºC fan forced (220C normal bake). Place flour, sugar and salt in a bowl. Cut butter in small cubes and rub into the flour mix with your hands. In another bowl combine banana puree, milk, lemon thyme orange zest and pulp. Add this mix to the flour and combine. Place dough on a workbench dusted with flour and roll or press out to a thickness of approx 25 mm. Cut scones with a 5 cm. round cutter and place on lightly greased flat baking tray. Bake in the oven approx 12 min. and dust with icing sugar.

Note: Try normal thyme or basil instead of lemon thyme.